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UK Proposes Enhanced EU Goods Trade Ties to Boost Economic Growth

The UK is considering the creation of a unified market for goods with the European Union as a strategy to enhance post-Brexit trade relations and stimulate economic growth. This...

Iran conflict inflates oil costs, destabilizes bond market.

On Monday, global markets experienced notable fluctuations as renewed tensions in the Middle East fueled concerns over inflation...

Geopolitics at the Pump: How the Iran War Is Rewriting American Transportation Priorities

For most American drivers, geopolitics is an abstraction. The Iran war is changing that. The conflict — which...

US Oil Prices Above Pre-War Levels by 23% as Iran Conflict Continues Into Third Week

  US oil prices are now 23% above pre-war levels as the Iran conflict extends into its third week,...

A 70% Government Slice: The TikTok Fee That Defies Every Financial Convention

By any standard financial benchmark, the $10 billion fee the Trump administration will collect from TikTok's new investors...

Middle East Energy War: A Timeline of How Oil Got to $100 Again

Oil prices are back at $100 a barrel, and understanding how they got there requires tracing a rapid sequence of events that began when...

Nasdaq Proposes New Rules to Attract $1.75 Trillion SpaceX IPO

The Nasdaq exchange is moving to change its index entry rules in an effort to secure the upcoming SpaceX public offering. SpaceX is seeking...

Trump Moves to Reassure Investors as Oil Prices Fall Below $100

Market anxiety saw a significant reduction this week after Donald Trump suggested that the conflict with Iran might be entering its final stages. Brent...

Oil Tops $100 as Iran Strikes Desalination Plants and Homes in Gulf States

Iran's strikes against Gulf states over the weekend went beyond military targets, hitting a desalination plant in Bahrain and killing two civilians in a...

Gulf Oil Fields Face Unprecedented Shutdown Threat as Storage Crisis Bites

The Gulf oil industry is facing an unprecedented shutdown threat as the storage crisis triggered by the Iran conflict forces producers to choose between...

Brent vs. WTI: Oil Benchmark Divergence Tells Story of Disrupted Trade Flows

The gap between Brent crude — the international oil benchmark — and West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US benchmark, widened significantly on Monday as...